Vicki's 30 Before 30

It seems all over the TV this week are lots of end of year reviews, so it seemed like a good point to have a little review of the list progress!

Another task was ticked off on Christmas Day - nothing extreme like the bungee jump! - Mum and Dad kindly bought me a pair of GHD's for my Christmas present so task 20 is complete! :o)

Their support so far has been really invaluable - it must be pretty boring for them having me chat incessantly about list-related things, not to mention dragging them along to various events and demanding that they take holidays from work to watch me do stupid things!! Next year they are coming with me to London to support me in the Moonwalk - afterwards we will all be having afternoon tea at the Ritz, a little thank you from me to them for their support and another task to tick off!

Speaking of the Moonwalk, the training plan arrived on Christmas Eve, I now feel guilty about all the excess food I've eaten over the past few days! Today I decided to bite the bullet and finally fork out for my new trainers...the staff at Run 4 It were really helpful and very knowledgable.  After walking a few laps of the shop to assess my walking technique they got me kitted out with a lovely new pair of trainers and some fancy socks to go with them.  I'm looking forward to starting the new training plan, but it's slightly daunting as well!  There are many miles to get through before the main event.  A task for the Christmas holidays will be working out an iPod playlist to keep me going throughout my training.  Anything with an up tempo beat should be a good start! I'll keep a log of my training and hopefully update on here as I go along.

I'll be starting my new Spanish course on the 1st of February!  I'm really looking forward to getting back to Spanish.  It's been a little while, so I've been trying to review some of the work I've done previously (always a swot, lol!). I'm hopeful it will all come flooding back. If I don't remember the basics I'm sure I never will! I've done more beginners courses than I'd like to remember!  I need to get past the beginner level though!

I've still to book my scuba course, I might save it until after the Moonwalk as the training is going to take up quite a lot of time!

Still going with the books - I've just finished "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini.  Such a fantastic read, I can't recommend it highly enough! The next one on the list is "Frankenstein" which I'm quite looking forward to!

I seem to have stalled a little on the film watching, but I'm recording a few from the Christmas TV schedule so hope to get back on track with that task soon!

I've started saving my £100 a month which is already building up nicely!  I'm not particularly good at saving money - much better at spending it!! I'm feeling quite smug seeing the small amount that is there already.  At the same time I'm trying to forget that it's there so I'm not tempted to use it!

Think that's all to update for now.  Hope everyone is enjoying the festive season so far! Merry Christmas ad Happy New Year from me!